Panthera

Conserves world's wild cats, including the imperiled African lion, cheetah, and leopard. Works with local people and partners with nonprofits, scientific institutions, and local and national governments.

Panthera is dedicated to conserving the world’s 36 species of wild cats. Using the knowledge and expertise of the world’s top cat biologists, Panthera partners with local and international scientific institutions, communities, nongovernmental organizations and government agencies to create range-wide conservation strategies for some of the world’s largest and most endangered wild cats, including tigers, lions, jaguars, and snow leopards. Our conservation programs are ongoing in Africa and around the world.

In Africa Panthera is creating the Pan-African Lion Corridor that protects key lion habitat and connects core lion populations in order to preserve the species’ genetic diversity. With our partners at the Kenyan-based Living with Lions, we developed the unique Lion Guardians Program in southern Kenya. This program involves training local Maasai warriors to become the front line in reducing human-lion conflict. They do this by informing Maasai cattle herders of areas occupied by lions, by helping farmers improve cattle husbandry and find lost livestock, and by discouraging lion hunting.